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Fayette coroner: Uniontown woman’s death a homicide

The October death of a Uniontown woman who was found dead at home in what the Fayette County coroner’s office called unsanitary conditions has been deemed a homicide by the coroner. Elizabeth Fike, 44, had been bed-ridden for three months at her home on North Gallatin Avenue in Uniontown ...

Expansion of new nation started with trip along Ohio River

Editor’s note: It is impossible to tell the story of the nation without telling the story of the Ohio River Valley. Long before interstate highways and railroads, it was the rivers that served as the young nation’s first true highway westward. In many ways, the journey chronicled this ...

Texas man identified as I-70 crash victim

A Texas man has been identified as the driver killed Thursday afternoon when he crashed head-on into a tractor-trailer on Interstate 70 near the Taylorstown exit. Joshua Hopkins, 23, of Austin, was driving east on I-70 near the 10-mile marker in Buffalo Township about 1:30 p.m. when his car ...

Driver killed in I-70 crash near Taylorstown exit

The westbound lanes of Interstate 70 near the Taylorstown exit were closed for three hours Thursday afternoon following a head-on crash that killed one person. Emergency responders were called to the crash near the 10-mile marker of I-70 in Buffalo Township shortly before 1:30 p.m., state ...

Man accused of wielding knife in attack at East Washington apartment

A man is accused of getting into a domestic dispute with his estranged wife Tuesday morning and later in the day going to an East Washington apartment and assaulting her and another person before briefly holding them at knifepoint. Borough police were called to the domestic dispute about 8 ...